 What's going on guys welcome back to the channel critical over here something about two topics here today We'll be talking about scream and we'll be talking about dog soldiers now. I'm gonna start it off with scream scream The creator Kevin Williamson praised the decision recently on a podcast happy horror time Or happy horror times shout out to that podcast. I'll leave a link to the episode in the description It's rather interesting actually I think at one point. I've been told he discusses the original Plans of I know what you did last summer or the car scene and scream to between Sydney and Haley and ghost phase Would have been Originally in I know what you did last summer. So I'll leave a link to this podcast episode down in the description But on this podcast he was asked how he felt about the death of Dewey Riley Under the creative team. He also went on talking about how it feels good to not be writing these new movies, but he said He would have ultimately killed Dewey. He also referenced Randy He said while he probably would have kept Randy alive if he would have known the series would have kept going on He still ultimately would have killed Dewey and Randy because you have to be able to go there You have to be able to have stakes make the movie feels have that sense of danger in your movie And this is a comment I loved hearing from him because again, I know there are those comments out there Many of you like me have seen them and shout out to you chat meeks for singing is my way But these comments that will implore you and they're adamant that west would not have killed any of the og 3 Kevin would not have killed any of the og 3 I mean if I'm being quite honest looking at who wrote those first two movies and who wrote the fourth one for the vast majority if Kevin was going to kill any one of the three I would be inclined to believe he was always going to kill Dewey Riley Dewey Riley out of the three was always the one to having those close calls Of course arguably in screen for it's both him and gale Well, more so gale definitely in screen for but if I'm just going off of those first two movies Kevin Williamson, I could argue had had a plan to ultimately kill Dewey Riley at some point in this series He actually made it pretty clear. That's what he would have done If he were I guess able to complete his screen for trilogy Keep in mind screen six his screen six would have centered on Dewey and gale in some capacity I believe he's also referenced the fact that Sydney still would have been there But I can only imagine with a confession like this in this podcast Where we would have seen him kill Dewey Riley would have been in his version of what screen six could have been Which to me that's like a sigh of relief It feels good to hear that from him because it's like okay again That's one other half of the dynamic duo between west and kevin who are not against killing legacy characters I think just like me and many other people who have been trying to make this claim when listening to The commentary tracks watching the interviews of these men It's not that they would be against killing legacy stars as much as it was West even admitted this about screen four. There was some debate about it I think Courtney of course also came out saying she had asked to be killed off in screen for But there were some debate about killing one of the legacy stars in screen for And this is from an old IGN interview from like 2010 2011 And west actually admits the only reason it didn't happen Was because of bob Weinstein ultimately had something bob didn't want to do so the producers of course stepped in Overruled them and we didn't get a death of a legacy character in screen four now If I were a bedding man, I would probably think that yes They would have killed gale in screen four out of the three in terms of what we got on screen for them It would have been gale that got killed That's the safe assumption. It could have been any of them, but I think it would have been gale Now with Kevin saying he would have ultimately killed screen or would have killed do we I can only assume it would have taken place in his version of screen six because that version of screen six Would have included a story centered on gale and do we those are his own words from when he went over his plans Ideally for screen five and six the films that never were that would have been sequels to His version of screen four if jill had gotten away with it gone away to college I'm assuming she would have been caught and busted in five you would have a completely different story In screen six that still would not have been about sydney prescott because it would have been About do we and gale at the center of it probably more so to do with gale has been a while since I looked at that recent interview But I enjoyed seeing these comments from him because again, it just lets me know that these are men And just writers and creators of horror in general who are not against killing legacy stars What they probably are against is the same thing that I am against i'm against Killing legacy stars and then maybe not having their deaths be meaningful in any capacity not having to do anything to push the narrative forward Similar to how I could argue rachel's death even though at the time she was not a legacy star But how they treat rachel and howling five That's very anticlimactic her death It does nothing to push the narrative forward because her death is mostly unknown for a lot of the movie after she's killed It just feels like a throwaway death. It's not something that that that I feel is respectful to the character Now you could argue again. I understand a lot of you do not like the execution of dewey riley's death However, I don't really see that much of an issue with the execution I will also admit that kevin did not say that he agreed with the execution That is something I can't admit he doesn't say that But he does agree at least with the decision to kill dewey because he ultimately would have done The same thing at some point in one of his movies That's a very big bombshell very big bombshell and of course the acknowledgement of the fact that he would have kept Randy alive I've argued that maybe they should have kept Randy alive So they could have someone to kill in screen three because screen three is going on about how anyone including the main character can die No one really of too much significance died other than jennifer joe lee who was a very well written supporting character But I digress jumping into dog soldiers too Dog soldiers too is still a work in progress according to neil marshal who directed the beloved cult classic where we'll film from 2002 I want to retrace everything we've been finding out since 2020 and work my way up to the latest bit of news before giving my thoughts Now back in 2020 while speaking to den of geek marshal provided this update on the sequel that was originally announced as dead in 2015 on the Commentary of like a rerelease of the movie from shout factor. I believe he said there's more of a chance now than ever before There's things in the works and we're seeing what we can do Certainly myself and kevin mckid and dog soldiers producer chris fig are up for it to revisit this world over the past 18 years The question I get asked pretty much more than anything else is when are we going to get dog soldiers too? Part of me thinks I'd like to go back and revisit that world somehow and if kev's up for it Then that would make it worthwhile for sure. So we'll see you never know Kevin mckid who starred as cooper said this about the sequel during that same interview He said it's just verbal between him and me at this point I think it could be fun again to revisit that character 18 years Later or 18 years on We keep throwing around ideas of cooper and the mental institution And he's been locked up because he spent 18 years screaming and shouting that there were wolves in the woods and sure enough They come back one day and the marshals come and knock on his cell door and say we need your help Now in 2021 while speaking with bloody disgusting near marshal said these comments On dog soldiers too dog soldiers was always intended to be a trilogy So the rights for that have been tied up for quite some time But now there's a possibility of a dog soldiers too. Finally the initial rumblings are happening So that's looking semi likely. We'll see Now recently this year in july Marshall revealed during an interview with any good films that he was hoping to announce the film last year For the 20th anniversary of the original it would appear that for the past six years in an attempt to secure A production deal with the rights holders and lawyers has been a bit been a bit challenging So that is what has been in the works with dog soldiers too over the past six years According to marshall himself an attempt to secure a production deal with the right holders and the lawyers I guess representatives said rights holders. He doesn't know what's what's taking so long But he's been told it's going good and it's going to happen Here are some of the other recent comments on dog soldiers too from also this past july When being interviewed by film hound magazine also from new marshall He said well the lawyers get their fingers out a sequel to dog soldiers is the plan We're literally just waiting on lawyers right now to figure out the right situation I'm keen to get all of that story sorted. I just want to get the green light so I can start writing it He's not going to start writing it apparently until all that is sorted and he knows officially 100 It's going to be happening because he does not want to waste his time He said but I cannot do that until these lawyers get their fingers out It's taken us several years to get us this far and yeah, we're kind of close I'll do some kind of announcement when I can finally start writing It's a tough one though because it's kind of a double-edged sword If I have a dollar for every time somebody asks me if I would do dog soldiers Too, I could probably finance to film myself But you know it's great that fans out there want it so much I better do a bloody good job of it though because if it's not good They won't thank me for it. I want to do it for everybody and myself but my god I better make it good now. I can say as someone who's seen Yes, hellboy the recent hellboy and some of his other projects I can admit. Yes, there's been a decline a dip in his quality of filmmaking in terms of being a director So maybe we should have another director at the helm, but Him writing the movie I don't think would be all that bad if he has the right inspiration in mind for where he wants to see A sequel expand on this world building that was set up in a way in that original movie So that's the latest on dog soldiers too those recent comments from july And I can only assume the planned story that they have referenced neil marsha that being The planned story that he's acknowledged exists I can only assume it still includes cooper's return in some capacity whether it be lead cold lead I don't really care as long as it's a well-written story overall I think what I would prefer to see is a new group of characters Who encounter more of these werewolves in a different country maybe like canada? Maybe it's in the states keep in mind the goal of the original In terms of the mission going on in that original was to use The team that was present as bait so that they could capture one so it can be studied and weaponized Now I'd explore that a little bit further in a sequel The end of the film shows us a newspaper clipping of cooper making claims about werewolves existence So why don't we set this sequel 20 something years later and reintroduce this world? By not focusing on cooper because it's been a little while and many people aren't going to know who cooper is but just reintroduce us into the world of dog soldiers by expanding on That initial goal of the plan to hunt and track down and capture one of those werewolves have us in a world where The existence of werewolves is known Several countries including the u.s. Have weaponized these people by allowing them into the armed forces Netflix actually has an episode of love death and robots titled shape shifters That seems like an appropriate next step for a modern day dog soldiers sequel Give us a story on a group of soldiers and some of them are werewolves that have learned to manipulate their own transformations Like similar how Oz learned how to do it in Buffy the vampire slave from my Buffy fans out there But you can set it on a pair of dog soldiers who are actually Weaponized they're in the armed forces and they have been trained on how to manipulate their own transformations they're home they're honed in on their skills since they are of course part wolf and You could have a sequel focusing on how their Comrades receive them how they are looked as being part of the armed forces. Maybe they don't agree with them being here and Again, some of these werewolves. Hey, they've just learned how to manipulate their own transformations And what you could do is have tension between soldiers who are not werewolves and the ones that are the conflict can be some type of rival country Who has also weaponized werewolves and thus this is where our basis for soldiers versus versus werewolves can come in An ally can be taken behind enemy lines and the film can go from there Hell you can do something like this Do an entire movie on these weaponized soldiers who are werewolves who have trained themselves on when to be able to transform or not They don't just immediately transform due to the full moon because of their military training And the way the military has helped them hone in on their Half selves to be able to manipulate when they do and don't transform. They're in full control of it now Have them go up against a team have them be in a team and have them go out into some confined location And hunt down other werewolves that are basically not willing to comply with The request of them from their countries If in the case of they wanted them to be a part of the armed forces But these people would rather be a detriment to society They go around terrorizing the community. And so you have actual dog soldiers Versus werewolves who want nothing more than to be destructive in society That sounds like a pretty simple straightforward basis and could be effective sequel to dog soldiers Let me know what you guys think about this down in the comment section below if you haven't already, of course Make sure you subscribe turn on post notification numbers of video in the description I'll have links from social media accounts. 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